Cyprus

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) is carrying out exhumations at the Paphos cemetery as part of efforts to identify the remains of people who perished in the Tylliria area ...

The history of Cyprus is being brought to life in an entertaining new podcast called, surprisingly enough, The History of Cyprus, aimed at both academics and the man on the ...

Spanish experts were on the island this week to share expertise on protecting wildlife from poison baits as part of a wider campaign to bolster the island’s embattled Griffon ...

Nicholas Karides looks at a new intricately constructed account of a Cyprus Airways crash in the 60s As if the collective Cypriot mind didn’t have enough trouble distinguishing myth ...

A small tremor measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale was felt in some parts of the island on Sunday, the geological surveys department said. It was mainly felt in the city ...

Ruling Disy said on Sunday that as former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was now officially “the willing accomplice in the effort the Diko leadership to return to government at all ...

Stavros Koniotis experiences what the first ferry from Cyprus to Greece in over 20 years has to offer. And then takes it back again One week ago the passenger ferry Daleela ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Sunday urged both sides in the Akamas debate to lower the tone, saying the truth of the new plan for the environmentally-sensitive area was somewhere ...

Centre-right Diko’s central committee has unanimously decided to support the candidacy of Nikos Christodoulides for the upcoming presidential elections. The committee met on Sunday to cast their votes following ...

The weather over the next three days will continue to be slightly unseasonal with isolated showers and lower temperatures than would be expected this time of the year. Sunday is ...

Limassol police are investigating after finding more than two kilos of methamphetamine buried in an open space in a village in the district. Police said they found 2.18kg of the ...

Cyprus would like to function as a regional hub to coordinate responses of neighbouring countries to fires, President Nicos Anastasiades has said. In an interview with Politis following the devastating ...

The health ministry said on Sunday that Cyprus was investing a social policy to address addiction to narcotics, in a message to mark World Day Against Drugs and Drug Trafficking. ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos has ordered an investigation after photos and video of a broken-down and filthy Intercity bus went viral on social media on Saturday. “As soon as the ...

With the UN warning of global famine, Cyprus is taking a ‘wait and see’ approach to food security With the UN warning this week that 40 countries were on the brink ...

Volunteers swam eight kilometres in Limassol early on Saturday to support cancer patients, sending the message that “no one is alone”. To meet the group of swimmers at the finish ...

A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing copper pipes and wires from a construction site in Paphos earlier this year. For the same case, a 44-year-old man ...

Police on Saturday said they had arrested a 39-year-old driver who was involved in a traffic accident that led to the death of 22-year-old Vasilis Chiras the previous day in ...

The health ministry on Saturday said it was taking steps to set a price ceiling on single self-tests for coronavirus amid reports of profiteering. A box with five Covid self-tests ...

The state must respect Akamas’ natural environment but also the residents in the area’s communities, landowners from the peninsula said during a protest on Saturday morning. Gathered at Kennedy ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou tested positive for Covid-19, her ministry announced on Saturday morning. The fully-vaccinated minister has not presented any symptoms, the announcement said, adding that in the coming ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will attend a dinner with EU and Nato leaders in Madrid next week, the government announced on Saturday. According to a written statement by the Director of ...

Most households in Cyprus tend to buy more food than they need, according to the results of the 2nd FoodPrint Pancyprian Food Waste Survey, but consumer habits in relation to ...

An unremarkable car, the Mazda Demio epitomises cheap and cheerful. But in Cyprus, there’s something unique about it finds Alix Norman There’s nothing special about the Mazda Demio. ...